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SUBMITTER: Marchandeau S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4014812 | biostudies-other | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Marchandeau Stéphane S Pontier Dominique D Guitton Jean-Sébastien JS Letty Jérôme J Fouchet David D Aubineau Jacky J Berger Francis F Léonard Yves Y Roobrouck Alain A Gelfi Jacqueline J Peralta Brigitte B Bertagnoli Stéphane S
Veterinary research 20140304
The role of maternal antibodies is to protect newborns against acute early infection by pathogens. This can be achieved either by preventing any infection or by allowing attenuated infections associated with activation of the immune system, the two strategies being based on different cost/benefit ratios. We carried out an epidemiological survey of myxomatosis, which is a highly lethal infectious disease, in two distant wild populations of rabbits to describe the epidemiological pattern of the di ...[more]